Simona Halep was beaten on her return from a doping ban, going down in three sets to Paula Badosa at the Miami Open. The Romanian, a two-time grand slam winner who spent 64 weeks as world No 1, was playing her first match since the Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced her suspension from four … Read more
Gilas Pilipinas’ Justin Brownlee in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. (Photo by Luis Veniegra / SOPA Images/Sipa USA) Justin Brownlee, who played a starring role in helping the Philippines win its first Asian Games basketball gold since 1962, has failed a doping test, officials said Thursday. The American-born Brownlee tested positive for the banned … Read more
FILE–Ariana Evangelista–PHILCYCLING PHOTO Philcycling (Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines) on Thursday expressed its full backing of Ariana Evangelista after the female mountain biker failed a doping test during the Hangzhou Asian Games. The country’s cycling federation said in a statement that it was “unfortunate” that Evangelista was handed a provisional suspension after she tested … Read more